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Tuesday, June 3, 2014

- accepted the resignation from the
pastoral care of the archdiocese of Pontianak (area 39,840,
population 726,000, Catholics 570,368, priests 90, religious 526),
Indonesia, presented by Archbishop Hieronymus Herculanus Bumbun,
O.F.M. Cap., upon reaching the age limit, and appointed Bishop
Augustinius Agus of Sintang, Indonesa as metropolitan archbishop of
the same archdiocese.

- appointed Fr. Antonius Subianto
Bunyamin, O.S.C., as bishop of Bandung (area 23,447, population
29,000,000, Catholics 90,000, priests 100, religious 145), Indonesia.
The bishop-elect was born in Bandung, Indonesia in 1968 and was
ordained a priest in 1996. He holds a licentiate in philosophy from
the Catholic University of Lovanio, Belgium, and a degree in
philosophy from the Pontifical Lateran University, Rome. He has
served in the following pastoral and academic roles: lecturer in
philosophy at the Catholic University of Bandung; vice provincial
O.S.C. of Bandung; executive director of the Holy Cross Foundation
for Catholic school in Bandung; president of the managing board of
the Parahyangan Foundation; secretary of the Marga Asah Talenta
foundation, and president of the legal institute of Parahyangan
University. He is currently provincial prior O.S.C. of Bandung.

- appointed Msgr. Nazzareno Marconi as
bishop of the diocese of Macerata-Tolentino-Recanati-Cingoli-Treia
(area 745, population 146,783, Catholics 140,283, priests 76,
religious 52), Italy. The bishop-elect was born in Citta di Castello,
Italy in 1958 and was ordained a priest in 1983. He holds a
bachelor's degree in philosophy from the Pontifical Lateran
University, Rome, and in theology from the Pontifical Gregorian
University, Rome; a licentiate in sacred scriptures from the
Pontifical Biblical Institute, Rome, and a doctorate in biblical
theology from the Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome. He has held
several pastoral roles, including deputy priest at San Giustino,
priest of the parish of St. Michael Archangel in Citerna, director of
the diocesan catechistic office and religious and biblical advisor
for cinematographic and multimedia productions of the RAI
(Radiotelevisione Italiana). He is currently priest of the “San
Donato” parish in Trestina and lecturer in Old Testament exegesis
at the theological institute of Assisi.

- appointed Fr. Daniel Patrick Y.
Parcon as bishop of Talibon (area 2,243, population 737,938,
Catholics 677,309, priests 76, religious 52), Philippines. The
bishop-elect was born in Vallehermoso, Philippines in 1962 and was
ordained a priest in 1994. He holds Masters degrees from the St.
Rita College, San Carlos City, Philippines, and the Fordham
University, New York City, U.S.A. He has held a number of pastoral
roles, including: spiritual director and dean of studies at the St.
John Mary philosophy seminary in San Carlos City, parish
administrator of the Ascension Church, Hurricane, West Virginia,
U.S.A., parish administrator of the Immaculate Conception Church,
Liberty, Texas, U.S.A., and parish vicar at the Blessed Sacrament
Church, Valley Stream, New York. He is currently rector of the St.
John Mary philosophy seminary of San Carlos City and head of the
Marriage and Family Life Apostolate in the diocese of San Carlos. He
succeeds Bishop Christian Vicente F. Noel, whose resignation upon
reaching the age limit was accepted by the Holy Father.